You know we started at 6.2 by my watch, and it's just 6.33 now.

Would you like to see for yourself, marm ?" added he, preparing to unfasten the chain.
"I know what the time is, young man," replied she sternly; "and pray, who is Jim ?" she asked, looking down in solemn perplexity at this queer boy.
"Oh, he's the driver is Jim, and he got inside, you know, and I've driven nearly all the way up by myself; haven't I, Jim ?" "Come inside, sir," said the matron hurriedly, "and don't stand talking to vulgar cabmen and calling them by their Christian names.

Your name is Charles Newcome, I suppose?
Come this way." Charlie followed her in, his enthusiasm rather damped at this somewhat frigid greeting, and sorry in his heart he had not been allowed an opportunity of bidding farewell to his friend the driver.
And now I could hear the little fellow's heart begin to beat quicker as he found himself at length for the first time in his life inside a public school.

The rows of caps in the corridors, the distant hum of voices through half-opened doors, the occasional shout from the playground, and the fleeting vision of a master in cap and gown, all had for him the deepest and most mysterious interest.

As he sat waiting in the matron's room while that worthy lady went to superintend the bringing in of his luggage, his mind became full of wonderings and misgivings.